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Obert Mpofu

Politican · Sanctioned entity

Obert Mpofu is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mpofu Obert Moses · Obert Moses Mpofu · Obert Mpfofu · Obert Mpofu · 오버트 음포푸				[sources]
Other name	Mpfofu · Obert Moses Mpofu				[sources]
Birth date	1951-10-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Southern Rhodesia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Country	Zimbabwe				[sources]
First name	Obert · Obert Moses				[sources]
ID Number	`08-186074F79`				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Mpofu · Mpofu				[sources]
Passport number	`ZD001549`				[sources]
Second name	Moses				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2011278				[sources]
Position	Governor of Matabeleland North Province (2000-2005) · Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe · Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe · Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion (2015-2017) · Minister of Home Affairs (2017-2017) · 4 more...				[sources]
Created at	2013-04-18				[sources]
Modified on	2024-03-20				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-25	Last checked	2024-05-23	First seen	2022-07-15

Descriptions

Minister for Mines and Mining Development. Former Minister for Industry and International Trade (former Provincial Governor: Matabeleland North). (ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary for National Security).

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

ZANU-PF Member of Government. In March 2008 incited ZANU-PF supports to drive MDC opponents out of their homes to stop them voting.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`08-186074F79`	Zimbabwe	id-card	-	-
`ZD001549`	Zimbabwe	passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	2018-08-01	2023-08-22
Minister of Transport & Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	2013-09-17	2018-07-29
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Minister of Industry & Commerce	2005-04-01	2009-02-13
Minister of Mines & Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	2005-04-12	2008-03-28
Governor of Matabeleland North Province	2000-01-01	2005-01-01

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Zimbabwe	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 19 March 2002 on measures against Zimbabwe (SR 946.209.2), annex 2	-	2013-04-19

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,008

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,257

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,723

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-hk2uDKe8wPkEvMo28wFwf9 · ca-sema-zimbabwe-n-a-22 · ofac-7519 · ca-sema-22-zw-obert-moses-mpofu · ch-seco-6654

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Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`08-186074F79`	Zimbabwe	id-card	-	-
`ZD001549`	Zimbabwe	passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	2018-08-01	2023-08-22
Minister of Transport & Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	2013-09-17	2018-07-29
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Minister of Industry & Commerce	2005-04-01	2009-02-13
Minister of Mines & Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	2005-04-12	2008-03-28
Governor of Matabeleland North Province	2000-01-01	2005-01-01

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Zimbabwe	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 19 March 2002 on measures against Zimbabwe (SR 946.209.2), annex 2	-	2013-04-19